NEUROSCIENCE

INFANT BRAIN FUNCTION

MIND AND BRAIN IN THE FIRST YEAR

We study what infants are thinking and what they are learning. This research will help us know ourselves and our children, and help us understand how the development of brain functions goes awry following perinatal brain injury.

NEUROIMAGING METHODS

Neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful tool to help us understand the brain. We develop methods to improve brain scanning, by acquiring better data, and improve what we can learn about the brain with new analysis and modelling methods.

PROJECTS

Measuring the development of connections in the infant brain in the first year, using diffusion-weighted and functional connectivity MRI, and relating this to the development of brain function.

Using real-time MRI analysis to take a deep dive into brain function.

Using multi-voxel pattern analysis to characterize the neural representation of "silent" thoughts, such as things we are remembering or imagining.

Understanding how brain function is disrupted by brain injury around the time of birth

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RESEARCH INTERNSHIP, GRADUATE STUDIES & POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS AT TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 2017